"My husband has only ever met this version of my mom, which is the saddest part for me."

"There are other relatives who voted for him, but now, I believe, they are finally seeing the evil with their own eyes and not supporting him anymore. So there is hope they will one day repent of their own errors and help our country rebuild from the ashes."

"I stayed calm. I told her I loved her. But I also told her something I had never said so clearly before: As a Latina, I will not stay silent about harm happening to people who look like me. And I won't keep people in my life who see nothing wrong with it.

What hurt the most wasn't the disagreement. It was realizing that empathy had limits. That 'love' felt conditional. So I wished her the best. I told her I would be respectful if I saw her. And I let her go. We don't talk anymore.

It's a quiet kind of heartbreak — grieving someone who is still alive. But protecting my peace meant choosing not to shrink myself to make someone else comfortable. And as painful as it's been, I'm proud that I didn't."

"It's been baffling, to be frank. Maybe we don't see everything as kids, but I hope he's doing well these days. I can't bring myself to call or text knowing what he's voted for several times."

"Until then, call them dictators. Tell the truth. Stop lying to the American people. The American people — do your research and think for yourself."

"I was grieving enough without having to take the fake sympathy from family who actively voted against my rights, believed I was going to hell, but of course still 'loved me more than anything.'

I needed my family more than ever, and even now, in the months after, but I feel like I don't even know who they are anymore. Honestly, I feel as if I'm better off without them. This administration takes pride in causing harm, outright killing innocent people, and spewing hate with every breath. I don't need people in my life who feel like that's the best thing for this country."

"It's been much nicer to talk to the rest of the family, and family gatherings have been a lot less tense since he's been cut off. No one has to listen to him try to claim that my grandfather was a wildly different person than he was in life, and we don't have to figure out what new topic is taboo because he's been marinating in conspiracy theories since the last time we saw him.

He still tries to get in contact once in a while, but now that the family has stopped giving him second chances or the benefit of the doubt when he says aggressive things, he's vague-posting about how horrible people are and how no one really cares about family these days."

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